From Tube: A group of disabled Congolese musicians is threatening to take the United Nations peacekeeping mission to court over a song for last year's elections.
Let's Go and Vote was played repeatedly in the run-up to last year's historic polls on radio and TV stations.

In a country where a third of the population is illiterate and with crumbling infrastructure, the song is credited with boosting turn-out to 70%.

But the eight members of the Staff Benda Bilili band were paid $50 each.

The UN has denied any responsibility for paying royalties.

On the video clip that became a hit, the street musicians appeared in their wheelchairs, dancing the rumba and urging people to "go and vote" for a brighter future in DR Congo.

"It is thanks to our song that people went and voted but Monuc [UN Mission in DR Congo] did not pay us and we are still forced to sleep and beg in the streets. This is slavery," said band leader Nzale Makembo.

'Fraud'

Most of the band are polio victims, who sleep rough next to the barbed wire fence which surrounds the Monuc headquarters in Kinshasa's dirty city centre.

Love this.

Audio via WGN

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awesome machine. it's like me with my alarm in the morning.

We all understand that he wasn't making fun of Hawking, but of that idiot from WSJ on Fox News, right?

Seriously, *wtf indeed. Thanks for the link arvana.

On second and third viewing, this is the best music video in the history of the universe. And it was an assignment. I'd have to go with and A.

dang you! just beat me. well done.

"Moxie" that's rich. Love that word.

I can't believe you'd write something like "fucking twat." It wasn't terrible. It wasn't really funny, but it was about like most April Fool's jokes. There really does seem to be some serious and troubling sexism against her, and I'm an Obama guy.

I'm an Obama man, and I have to admit, I've made the same mistake. Once again this proves if this man gets elected it's going to be after encountering some serious obstacles. The man is black. The man's name is Obama. His middle name is Hussein for fucks sake. I mean I wake up amazed that the same country that elected W twice (I know, I know but 2004 was much much worse) is on the edge of electing a black man named Barack Hussein Obama. I'll be so proud of you America if you don't fuck this one up.

Oh, and Ashcroft. Well, he's a very bad man.

"yeah, 'duh' is right."

I'm not clear why this has so many votes. Explain.

*discard